In 1979 Burkhard fulfilled his dream of traveling to Australia. There he studied music at Melbourne’s Latrobe University. He majored with Honours in Composition, and studied Advanced Composition under the tutelage of Professor Keith Humble. Since 1984, Burkhard has worked as a composer for feature films, television and commercials.
In 1996 he released his first CD recording of original instrumental works called Worlds Apart.
He won two Screen Music Awards from the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (1993 & 1996), and was also nominated in 1998 & 2000.
In 1999, Burkhard and Philip Glass were awarded the Golden Globe for Best Original Score in a Motion Picture for The Truman Show. The score also won The Chicago Film Critics’ Award and the ASCAP Film and Television Award, and the soundtrack reached number two on the Billboard chart.
In 2001 he won the APRA award for Best Television Theme for the Sydney Olympics in 2000. The world-renowned 385-voice Mormon Tabernacle Choir performed and recorded his 2002 theme for the Salt Lake Winter Olympics. In 2004 he won the APRA-AGSC (Australian Guild of Screen Componers) Screen Music Award 'Best Music For A Television Series' for CrashBurn. Burkhard has several soundtrack albums out in general release.
Burkhard lives in Elsternwick with his wife Rebecca and daughter Carlotta. He works on Australian, European and U.S. film and television productions.
Most recently Burkhard has worked on the Nine Network Australia television series Underbelly and the UK.TV mini-series False Witness where he wrote the theme and the original musical score. He also composed the theme for the Seven Network's coverage of the Beijing 2008 Olympics (in addition to the 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006 compositions) and more recently the soundtrack for the movie "The Way Back" (2011).
|- |rowspan="2"| 2004 || "Episode 13" – CrashBurn || Best Music for a Television Series or Serial || |- | CrashBurn || Best Television Theme || |- |rowspan="3"| 2006 || rowspan="2"| The Caterpillar Wish || Feature Film Score of the Year || |- | Best Soundtrack Album || |- | Torino 2006 Winter Olympics || Best Television Theme || |- |rowspan="3"| 2008 || "Episode 5" - Underbelly || Best Music for a Television Series or Serial || |- | Underbelly || Best Television Theme || |- | "It’s a Jungle Out There" – Underbelly || Best Original Song Composed for the Screen || |- |rowspan="2"| 2009 || False Witness || Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie || |- | "Episode 9 - Judas Kiss" – Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities || Best Music for a Television Series or Serial ||
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